Transcript CM_BEX_305 - University of Kentucky

Business Explorer-Analyzer
for SLCM Power Users
BEX_SLCM_305
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Content
• Introduction
• Unit 1- BEx Overview
• Unit 2 – BEx Analyzer
• Unit 3 – Display Query
• Unit 4 – Create Using an Existing Query
• Unit 5 – Run Query
• Unit 6 – Properties
• Unit 7 – Create Query
• Unit 8 – Delete Query
• Unit 9 – Query Views
• Course Summary
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Prerequisites
• Access to SLCM data in IRIS R/3 Production and/or BEx Web
Reporting
• Completion of UK_100
• Successfully completion of either

BEX_300 Business Warehouse: BEx Web Reporting
Or

BEX_SLCM_300 Business Warehouse: Campus Management
BEx Web Reporting
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BEx Reporting Power User Access
• Requirements
 Signed Statement of Responsibility (SOR)
 http://www.uky.edu/IRIS/
 Complete the BEX_SLCM_305 course and pass the
assessment
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Unit 1
BEx Analyzer
Overview
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Unit 1 – BEx Analyzer Overview
• BEx Analyzer Overview
• BW Reporting Roles
• User Role Functions
• Power User Functionality
• BEx-Analyzer Access
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BEx Analyzer Overview
IRIS R/3
Production
BW ODS
InfoProvider
(summarized data)
Query
(Operational Data Store
equivalent to flat file)
(used to produce
BW reports)
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BW Reporting Roles
BW Admin &
BW Developer
Report-Publisher
Report-Developer 2
(BEx-Analyzer /RSA1)
Report-Developer
(BEx-Analyzer/RSA1)
BWD
BWQ
Power Users (BEx-Analyzer)
BWP
End Users (BEx-Web)
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BW Reporting Roles
• End Users
 Uses BEx Web Reporting to view queries
 Can only use queries that are assigned to a user’s role
• Power Users
 Uses BEx-Analyzer to generate queries for ad-hoc
reporting in production
 More responsibility for Saved Views in order to help
End Users
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User Role Functions
In BW
End-User
Power User
Report
Developer
Run Query
X
X
X
Run Query View
X
X
X
Create Query View (starting with Z…)
X
X
Change Query View (starting with Z…)
X
Delete Query View (starting with Z…)
X
Create Query View (starting with V…)
X
Change Query View (starting with V…)
X
Delete Query View (starting with V…)
X
Display Query View
X
X
Create Query (starting with Y…)
X
Change Query (starting with Y…)
X
Delete Query (starting with Y…)
X
X
Create Query (starting with Q…)
X
Change Query (starting with Q…)
X
Delete Query (starting with Q…)
X
Display Query
X
X
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Developer 2
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User Role Functions
In BW
End-User
Power User
Report
Developer
Report
Developer 2
Create Global Structure
X
Change Global Structure
X
Display Structure
X
X
X
Create Variables
X
Change Variables
X
Display Variables
X
X
X
Create Global Restricted Key Figures
X
Change Global Restricted Key Figures
X
Display Restricted Key Figures
X
X
X
Create Global Calculated Key Figures
X
Change Global Calculated Key Figures
X
Display Calculated Key Figures
X
X
Display Hierarchy
X
X
Display Hierarchy (data)
X
X
X
RSRT analyze query & comp
X
RSRT2 analyze web item
X
RSA1 display
X
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Power User Role Functionality
• Run, Create, Change, Delete, and Display


Query
Query View
• Display Structures, Variables, Restricted Key Figures,
Calculated Key Figures, and Hierarchies
• Saves Y queries within the Power User name space
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BEx-Analyzer Access
• Web browser in Windows
 Microsoft Internet Explorer (MS IE) 6.x and above
 Netscape Navigator (NS) 6.x and above
 Other web browsers, such as Firefox, are not advised
(may behave differently or not at all)
• Active Directory services account
 Domain is AD or MC
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BEx-Analyzer Access
• SAPGUI
 Need the most recent version
 More information on the IRIS website
http://www.uky.edu/IRIS/news/SAPGUI710Info.html
• Microsoft Excel
 Works with both the 2003 and 2007 versions
 More information for version 2007 on the IRIS Website
 http://www.uky.edu/IRIS/news/desktopinformation
.html
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Summary
• BEx Analyzer Overview
• BW Reporting Roles
• User Role Functions
• Power User Functionality
• BEx-Analyzer Access
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Unit 2
BEx Analyzer
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Unit 2 – BEx Analyzer
• How to Access
• BEx Analyzer
• BEx Analyzer Toolbar
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How to Access
• Log on to the myUK
portal
• Click on BW BEx
Reporting
Disclaimer: You will not have the Power User functionality until you
pass your assessment and course credit has been
processed
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Exercise 1.1
• Log into BW BEx Reporting
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BEx Analyzer
• BEx Analyzer opens up Microsoft Excel and, in the background,
the SAP Easy Access screen

Excel 2003 – Business Explorer menu and floating toolbar
added

Excel 2007 – Business Explorer menu and toolbar added
under the Add-Ins tab
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BEx Analyzer
• SAP Easy Access MUST remain open to run your queries
• If it closes, save query, close Excel, and then go back to
the portal link to reopen the BEx-Analyzer
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BEx Analyzer
• If Excel does not seem to open, an active Excel session
may be open; the new toolbar and menu could have been
added to the existing session
• BEx-Analyzer Toolbar in Excel 2003 does not always
show up in the same place in the group of toolbars
 Move to desired location
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BEx Analyzer
• If Excel closes accidentally and the SAP screen is still
open, re-open Excel by typing RRMX in the Command
field on the SAP Easy Access Menu window
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BEx Analyzer Toolbar
Items in BOLD covered
during this class
• Open
• OLAP functions for active cells
• Save
• Format
• Refresh query
• Layout
• Back
• Tools
• Change query
• Settings
• Goto
• Help
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BEx Analyzer Toolbar - Open
• Queries

Selection of characteristics and key figures (InfoObjects) for the
analysis of the data in an InfoProvider (InfoCube, ODS, etc.)

Always refers exactly to one InfoProvider; can define as many
queries as you like for each InfoProvider
• Saved Views

Created when base query is run, make changes (drill-downs,
filters, etc.) and save view changes (but not data) to run later
 Base query does not change, only the current view of the data
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BEx Analyzer Toolbar - Save
• Save view global


Saves view for later recall it
To use first run query in BEx Analyzer/Excel
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BEx Analyzer Toolbar – Refresh Query
• First run the query in BEx-Analyzer
• Brings up the parameter window for you to adjust the
values of the variables
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BEx Analyzer Toolbar - Back
• First run the query in BEx-Analyzer
• Allows you to go back one step and undo the last change
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BEx Analyzer Toolbar – Change Query
• Change query (local view)

Provides ability to create local calculated and restricted key
figures for the current query view

Does not allow addition Key Figures, Characteristics or
restriction characteristic values on the query level
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BEx Analyzer Toolbar – Change Query
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Change query (global definition)

•
Provides ability to add Key Figures and/or Characteristics and
restrict the characteristic values on the query level
Change variable values

Returns to the parameter screen, so variable values can be
changed

Also allows you to see your personalized variable values
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BEx Analyzer Toolbar - Help
• Use the Help button to get to the SAP Library

Provides more information about BEx Analyzer
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Summary
• How to Access
• BEx Analyzer
• BEx Analyzer Toolbar
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Unit 3
Display Query
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Unit 3 – Display Query
• Select Query Window
• Query Display
• Query Designer Window
• Query Designer Toolbar
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Query Designer Areas
• To get to Query Designer, click the Open icon and select
Queries
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Select Query Window
• History, Favorites, Roles, and InfoAreas contain available
queries
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Select Query Window
• History
 Contains queries you have created,
opened or recently viewed
• Favorites
 Contains queries you created
 Any queries to which you have
access and have assigned to
Favorites
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Select Query Window
• Roles

Contains shared queries (Q technical name);
developed in BW Development and assigned by
a Publisher to roles for End Users to run


Cannot change or delete these queries
Click on Change display and do a Save As
• InfoAreas
 Contains shared queries

Includes queries developed in BW Production by
all Power Users (Y technical name)
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Select Query Window
• Find


Use to find a particular query
This can be useful when you have access to a number of
queries and need to find one quickly
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Select Query Window
• Add to Favorites

Use to bookmark a shared query to Favorites by selecting
the query and clicking on this icon
• Enter in Role


Function not available to Power Users
Used by Report Publishers
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Select Query Window
• New

Create a new query
• Change

After selecting a query, use to display or change
 Q query opens in display mode (system message stating
you do not have authorization to change displays, respond
by clicking the OK button)
 Y query opens in change mode
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Select Query Window
• Delete


Deletes the selected query
Cannot delete Q queries
• Technical Names On/Off


Displays technical names for roles, queries, etc.
Important when communicating to the BW Reporting
Group
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Select Query Window
• Properties On/Off

Provides information about
selected query
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Query Display
• Click on the Technical Name icon

Descriptions can be identical while
technical names are unique
• To display a query, click on either
History (default), Favorites, Roles,
or InfoAreas

Or use Find icon to search for a
particular query
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Query Display
• In the Description area, click on the
plus sign (+) to the left of the
appropriate module to expand and
display available InfoProviders that
have queries already written against
them

Note: Depending on SAPGUI
version, plus signs (+) may not
appear, so click the area where it
should be located
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Query Display
• Continue to expand until you see the query you want to
display and highlight it
• To display the query you can:

Click on the Change icon

Right-click and select Change
Note: Double-clicking on the query or single-clicking and
clicking on OK will cause the query to run
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Query Display
• Q queries open with everything grayed out

System message states you will not be able to make changes
to these reports; click OK to proceed

Use Save As and
enter a new report
name using the
Naming Standards to
save change
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Exercise 3.1
•Display Query
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Query Designer Windows
• Contains six adjustable frames
Displayed with
Technical
Names on
• Highly advised to turn on technical names which
subdivides five of the windows into two parts
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InfoProvider Frame
• Description and, with Technical
Names on, the technical name of
the InfoProvider displays at top

Example: the InfoProvider
description is CM Enrollments
technical name is ZCMENRLMT
• Provides access to everything
available in the InfoProvider
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InfoProvider Frame
• Elements of the InfoProvider

Structure (in some, but not in all, InfoProviders)
 Local Structures

Not saved as reusable

Can only be used in one query

Developed in rows and columns
 Reusable/Global Structures

Saved as reusable

Can be used in several queries for same InfoProvider

Located only in InfoProvider area
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InfoProvider Frame
• To see what makes up a
Structure

Drag and Drop the
Structure to the Columns
window

Right-click on each object
that makes up the
Structure

Select Edit (or Display)
from the context menu
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InfoProvider Frame
• Elements of the InfoProvider
 Key Figures
 May contain Calculated Key Figures
 May contain Restricted Key Figures
 Does contain one or more key figures
that are in the InfoProvider (created by
BW developers)
 Dimensions
 Characteristics are under the
Dimensions folder
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InfoProvider Frame
• Calculated Key Figure

Generated using an Expression
Builder from the key figures in
the Key Figure structure
• Restricted Key Figure

Restricted by certain values for
each characteristic selected

May contain multiple
characteristics
 May be restricted by multiple
values
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InfoProvider Frame
• To view a Calculated or Restricted Key Figure


Right-click on it in the InfoProvider frame
Select Edit/Display (depending on which mode you are in)
Calculated Key Figure
Restricted Key Figure
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Characteristic Icons
• Information
 If BPCurrent Address selected,
BP Address Type C will be
automatically selected
 BP Address Type C helps to
define the BPCurrent Address
 Can keep it or not
 Can put it in the Filter window
and restrict it
 May not show up under a
characteristic
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Characteristic Icons
•Attributes
 Master data attributes
 For display only
 Tied to a particular characteristic
and moves with the characteristic
(such as drill down or drill across)
 Cannot filter on an attribute
 May not show up under a
characteristic
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Characteristic Icons
• Characteristic Value Variables


Parameters available to use
Details may be viewed which show
whether it is
 Mandatory or optional
 Single value, selection option,
interval, etc.

If new variable/parameter needed, send
request to [email protected]

All characteristics have icon, but may
not have variable under it
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Characteristic Icons
• Values

Gives all the possible values
for the characteristic
 Example: Main Program of
Study Org Unit has College
of Arts & Sciences, College
of Ag, Graduate School,
etc.

All characteristics have this
icon

If a large number of values
exist, a selection window will
display
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Filter Frame
• All of the InfoProvider data is aggregated using the filter
selection of the query
• Characteristics in the Filter frame do not display in the
query nor can they be changed
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Free Characteristics Frame
• Not displayed on the initial
report
• Additional fields available to
be included in the report
• Have capability for



Drill-down
Drill-across
Filtering
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Columns Frame
• Shown vertically in the initial
report
• Normally contains key figures
 Amounts or units for which
calculations can be made
 Examples include
 Sums
 Averages
 Counts
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Rows Frame
• Shown horizontally in the
initial report
• Normally contains
characteristics or descriptive
data
• Examples include
 Student Number
 Street Address
 GPA - Term
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Rough Draft Frame
• Displays rough draft
of initial report
• Only shows what has
been placed in Rows
and Columns
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Query Designer Toolbar
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Query Designer Toolbar
• Exit and Use Query

Exits the Query Designer and produces the report
within Excel

If have not saved, the Save Query window will be
displayed

If have saved, it will check query for changes and, if
there are changes, it will open a window so you can
save your query
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Query Designer Toolbar
• Exit Query


Exits the Query Designer without running a report
Checks query for changes and, if there are changes,
opens a window so query can be save
• Display Query in Web

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
Runs query in a browser
Most efficient way to run query (see Query Guidelines)
Note: How end users see reports; suggested way to
view report
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Query Designer Toolbar
• New Query


New Query Select Provider window displays
If within a query, will be asked to save any changes
made
• Open Query

SAP BEX: Select Query window displays
• Save Query
• Use to save query
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Query Designer Toolbar
• Save Query As


Use to duplicate the open query
Use to duplicate and change a Q query and make
changes in your own name space
• Delete Query

Deletes the existing query that is open
• Publish

Not available to Power Users
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Query Designer Toolbar
• Exception

Creating exception allows color-coding on cells
that meet specific criteria
• Condition

Creating condition allows only data that meets
certain criteria, defined by you, to display, such as
the top ten GPAs
• Define Cells

Information at
 http://myhelp.uky.edu/bw/EN/ba/45583ca544
eb51e10000000a114084/frameset.htm
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Query Designer Toolbar
• Query Properties

Set the properties of the query to meet the
query guidelines
• Check Query

Checks the syntax of your query
• Use Query in Workbooks

Cannot use with Active Directory Services
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Query Designer Toolbar
• Display <-> Change


Toggles from display mode to change mode
Does not work on Q queries
• Change Query (global definition)

If in a local view, can go to the global view
 Does not work to go from global to local
• Tabular Display

Toggle that results in the report displaying in a
tabular format
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Query Designer Toolbar
• Technical Name

Toggles on/off the technical names
• Context Menu


Shows the Context Menu for what is selected
Right-click to display the context menu quickly
• Help

Opens the SAP Library which can provide more indepth information about the Query Designer
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Summary
• Select Query Window
• Query Display
• Query Designer Window
• Query Designer Toolbar
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Unit 4
Create Using an
Existing Query
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Unit 4 – Create Using an Existing Query
• Modify Query
• Using Save As
• Add InfoObjects
• Reorganize InfoObjects
• Remove InfoObjects
• Variables
• Restrictions
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Modify Query
• Simple, quick way to
create a new query
• Uses the InfoProvider used
in the query you select

Will not be able to see
InfoProviders that do not
have existing querys
• Three ways to create new
query using old query
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Modify Query
• Add or Remove



Info Objects
Attributes
Variables
• Restrict Info Objects
• Reorganize Info Objects
• Etc.
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Modify Query
• Single-click an existing
query and click on New
OR
• Right-click on the query
and select Create
OR
• If query open in Query
Designer, click on Save
As
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Modify Query
• Turn on Technical Names

Technical name of InfoProvider is needed to create a new
query
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Using Save As
• Remember! Use the Save As functionality if you are
changing an existing report

Ensures that changes are not made to another person’s
report
• To save, click on Save As
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Using Save As
• Click on Technical Name On/Off
• Save all queries in the Favorites (default) folder
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Using Save As
• Change the Description
field

Should be as
descriptive as possible

Can use up to 60
characters for the
description
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Using Save As
• Must use the BW Query Naming Standards for Technical Name

Identifies
 Power User query
 InfoProvider
 User who created it

Shows it is a customized query
 Use sequential numbers in the range of 5000 to 9999
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Using Save As
• Enter a Technical Name following BW Naming Standards
YZCMENRLMT_USER01_5000






Y – is a must for Power Users
Cube – technical name of the InfoProvider
Underscore
Userid – your Active Directory Services userid
Underscore
Nnnn – Your next number available for that InfoProvider
 Starting number is 5000
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Using Save As
• Click on Save
• System message displays in the status field in the lower
left of the screen
• Description and technical displays in the Query Designer
title bar after saving
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Using Save As
• If you receive a warning message
telling you that the Technical Name
is already in use…
• Give the query a new Technical
Name and then click on Save
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Add InfoObjects
• Add objects by dragging and dropping them into the
appropriate frame
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Remove InfoObjects
• Two ways to remove an
object

Drag and drop it back to
the InfoProvider frame

Right-click on the object
and select Delete
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Reorganize InfoObjects
• Move objects to a
different window by
dragging and dropping

Such as from Rows to
Free Characteristics

To move Key Figures
from Columns to
Rows, drag and drop
the Key Figures
structure
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Variables
• Restrict amount of data
displayed in the initial
report by using a time
period (as per Query
Guidelines), such as
Academic Year and
Session, as a variable
field
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Variables
• Place a variable on the
characteristic in two ways

By using characteristic in the
InfoProvider frame
OR

After placing the characteristic
in the Rows, Columns, or Free
Characteristics frames
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Variables
•
In the InfoProvider frame

Click to the left of the
Characteristic Value Variable for
the object to display available
variables
 To see properties of
variable, right-click and
display or edit

Drag and drop the variable on
top of the object to which it
belongs
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Variables
• In the Rows, Columns, and Free
Characteristics frame

Move the characteristic to the desired
frame

Right-click on it and select Restrict

Click on the Variables tab in the
Selection For… window

Turn on Technical Names by rightclicking on one of the values and
selecting Technical Names
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Variables

Check the type of variable by
right-clicking on it and
selecting Change

In the Details section:
 Variable Represents lists if
the variable is a single
value or a selection option
 Variable Entry Is lists if the
variable is mandatory,
optional, etc

Click OK to close the window
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Variables

Select the Variable:
 Double-click on variable
OR
 Single-click on variable, and
then click Add
OR
 Drag and drop variable into
the Selection screen

Click OK
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Restrictions
•
To restrict characteristic by right-click and select Restrict
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Restrictions
• When the Selection window
displays, and either

Single-click on value from the
Description column and click
Add button
OR

Double-click on value
OR

Drag and drop in Selection
column
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Restrictions
• Can select a range of values by choosing Value Range in
the Selection field
• Then choose the range
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Restrictions
• If value not listed, may be due to limits set on the list
(typically set at 100)
• Click on Display Other Values button to change the
default setting
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Restrictions
• Can select other values from
Number of Displayed Values list

CAUTION! Use (All) with other
restrictions are placed

If no other restrictions, may
result in long list and long
processing time
• View only the values in the
InfoProvider if box checked or
deselect it to view all of the valid
values, even if they are not
currently in the InfoProvider
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Restrictions
• Can restrict the list by
selecting a restriction
criterion

Usually the same as the
characteristic name
• Then select

range
Use Contains Pattern to
enter a partial name

Wildcards (*) can also be
used
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Restrictions
• Enter the search word or
term

Example: part of the UK
department number is
entered with a wildcard
• When selections are made,
click on Add
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Restrictions
• Click on OK
• Scroll to find your value

Single-click on it and click on
Add


Double-click on it
Drag and drop it to the righthand side
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Restrictions
• Your selection will move to
the Selection column
• Click on OK
• Selection will display below
the characteristic in the Filter
frame
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Summary
• Modify Query
• Using Save As
• Add InfoObjects
• Reorganize InfoObjects
• Remove InfoObjects
• Variables
• Restrictions
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Unit 5
Run Query
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Unit 5 – Run Query
• Run Query
• Via the Web
• Via Excel
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Run Query
• Web

Provides you with the
same view the End User
will see when they run the
report; also, the most
efficient
• Excel

Provides the ability to
save and manipulate the
report within a
spreadsheet
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Run Query
• If not in Query Designer

Log into Query Designer

Click on the Open icon and
select Queries

Turn on Technical Names

Drill-down to a query
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Via the Web

Right-click on the query and
select Change
OR

Single-click on the query and
click on the Change icon
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Via the Web
• Click on Display Query on the Web

Looks like a spreadsheet with a world in the upper left corner
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Via the Web
• Enter the required variables and any other variables you
want to use

Required entries are identified by an asterisk (*) on the end
of the variable description
• Click on Execute
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Via the Web
• When report displays, can be changed by adding Free
Characteristics, filtering, or changing the properties on a
characteristic
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Via Excel
• Three ways to run query via
Excel
• From SAP BEx: Select Query
window
 Double-click on query
OR
 Single-click on query and
click on OK
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Via Excel
• From opened query in
Query Designer, click on
Quit and Use Query
• Enter required values and
any optional ones
• Click Execute to run
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Via Excel
• Report has all the limitations of Excel, so be aware of
how much data you are requesting
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Via Excel
• The InfoObject list will
be located at the top of
the spreadsheet
• Filter by right-clicking
on a characteristic or
key figure and selecting
Select Filter Value…
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Via Excel
• Add and/or change drill-downs, drill-across, change
properties, etc.

Looks different than web report
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Via Excel
• Cannot hide repeated values in Excel

Need to go back to Query Designer and uncheck the box
if you want every cell populated
• Can change structures from drill-down to drill-across
and visa versa
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Via Excel
• Can save the spreadsheet if needed
• Exit out of the Spreadsheet, but not out of Excel and BEx
Analyzer
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Summary
• Run Query
• Via the Web
• Via Excel
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Unit 6
Properties
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Unit 6 – Properties
• Properties
• Characteristic Properties
• Query Properties
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Properties
• Use BEx Query Guidelines to make the query more efficient
and standardized

Query Guidelines are available at
http://myhelp.uky.edu/rwd/HTML/BW/BEX_Query_Guidelines.pdf
• Two types of properties


Characteristic
Query
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Properties of Characteristics
• Right-click on each
characteristic in both
Rows and Free
Characteristics frames

Do not need to change
characteristics in the
Filter frame
• Select Properties
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Properties of Characteristics
• Change Display As to Key and Text if available

If the characteristic text will always be the same as the key,
just display as Key

If the default is Standard Key and Text, it also meets the
Query Guidelines
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Properties of Characteristics
• Change Display of Results / Suppress Results Rows from
Never to With Only One Value

Never means the Results rows
always displayed

(Recommended) With Only
One Value will suppress the
Results rows when there is
only one value that it
represents

Always means the Results
rows are not displayed
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Properties of Characteristics
• Click OK
• Remember! Change the
properties for all
characteristics in both
the Rows and Free
Characteristics frames
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Query Properties
• To change properties of the
query, click on Query
Properties
• Query Properties window
displays with three tabs



Generic
Display
Extended
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Query Properties
• On the Generic tab

Arrange multiple variables
using these priorities
 Required time variables
 Required non-time variables
 Optional variables

Optional variables should be
put in logical order
 Check existing, published
queries to view logical order
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Query Properties
• Display Tab

Change Display of +/-
Signs to (X)

In the Suppress Zeros
box, change Suppression
to Active
 Actively suppresses
the zeros
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Query Properties
• Display Tab (Optional settings)

Zero Value Display – allows
you to set how a zero will be
displayed

Select Show Zeros As in the
Zero Value Display field

Enter how the zeros should
display in the Show Zeros As
field
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Query Properties
• Display Tab (Optional settings)

Hide Repeated Key Values – affects
report exported to Excel or run it in
Excel/BEx-Analyzer
 If checked, will hide repeated
key values
 If unchecked, will populate
every cell of the spreadsheet
• When finished setting query
properties, click OK
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Summary
• Properties
• Characteristic Properties
• Query Properties
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Unit 7
Create Query
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Unit 7 – Create Query
• Create Query Without Using Existing Queries
• InfoProvider Icons
• Save Query
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Create Query
• To create a query, first determine what data you want to
retrieve
• For example, to create a contact report on students
within a specific college, you may want:

Student Name, Student Number, Primary Major, Secondary
Major, Student Minor, Progress Classification, Permanent
Address, Current Address, Academic Year, Academic Session
• Determine which InfoProvider contains needed data
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InfoProvider Icons
• InfoCube


Provides both master data and transactional data
Quick because it is summarized data
• Master Data


InfoObjects
Provides only master data
Quick
• Operational Data Store (ODS)

Stores consolidated and cleansed transaction data on
a document level

Slower than using InfoCubes or Master Data
InfoObjects

Faster than MultiProviders or InfoSets
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InfoProvider Icons
• MultiProviders

Combines data from several InfoProvders with a
union operation making it available for reporting

Slower than using InfoCubes, Master Data
InfoObjects, ODS objects
• InfoSets

Allows creation of reports on ODS objects,
InfoCubes, and InfoObjects

Slower than using InfoCubes, Master Data
InfoObjects, ODS objects
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Create Query
• Create a query without using an existing query

Allows use of any InfoProvider to which you have access
• Open SAP BEx: Select Query
window and click New
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Create Query
• History

Shows InfoProviders have
used in past
• InfoAreas

Shows all InfoProviders to
which you have access
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Create Query
 Single-click on the
InfoProvider
 Click on OK button
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Save Query
• To save, click on Technical
Names
• InfoProvider’s technical name
will be needed to save the
query
• Create the query as described
in earlier units
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Save Query
• Click on the Save icon

If you click on one of the
first seven icons, the
system will ask you if you
want to save
• Click on Technical Names in
the Save Query window
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Save Query - Description
• Favorites is the default setting
• In the Description field, enter a
concise description of the
report

Should be as descriptive as
possible

Can use up to 60 characters for
the description
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Save Query – Technical Name
• You must use the BEx Query Naming Standards for the
Technical Name




Identifies it as a Power User’s query
Provides the InfoProvider’s identity
Provides the identity of the User who created it
Shows that it is a customized query
 Customized queries should use sequential numbers in the
range of 5000 to 9999
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Save Query – Technical Name
• Enter a Technical Name following BW Naming Standards
YZCMENRLMT_USER01_5000






Y – is a must for Power Users
Cube – technical name of the InfoProvider
Underscore
Userid – your Active Directory Services userid
Underscore
Nnnn – Your next number available for that InfoProvider
 Starting number is 5000
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Save Query
• Click on Save
• System message appears in
the status field in the lower
left of the screen
• After saving, description and
technical displays in the Query
Designer title bar
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Save Query
• If you receive a warning
message telling you that the
Technical Name is already in
use…
• Give the query a new Technical
Name and then click on Save
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Summary
• Create Query Without Using Existing Queries
• InfoProvider Icons
• Save Query
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Unit 8
Delete Query
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Unit 8 – Delete Query
• Delete a Query
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Delete Query
• Be careful when deleting a query to make sure you are
deleting the correct one
• Be aware of the technical name to ensure you are deleting
your query and not someone else’s query, since the
descriptions can be identical
• You cannot delete a query with a technical name starting
with “Q”
• If you are not sure, STOP! DO NOT PASS GO!....
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Delete Query
• Click on Open and select Queries
• Click on Technical Names

Ensures correct query is chosen
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Delete Query
• Drill down to query

Check the technical name to confirm the correct query is
selected
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Delete Query
• Single-click on the query
and choose the Delete
icon
OR
• Right-click on the query
and select Delete
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Delete Query
• A system message asking if you want to delete this query
will display
• If you do want to delete the query, click on Yes
• Your deletion is complete
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Summary
• Delete a Query
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Unit 9
Query Views
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Unit 9 – Query Views
• Creating & Saving a Query View
• Run a Query View
• Change a Query View
• Delete a Query View
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Query Views
• A query view is a picture of a query that saves any
formatting done to the output of the query (the report)
• Examples of formatting




Hiding key figures from the initial display of the report
Drill-down
Drill-across
Swap columns
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Query Views
• Can save and run query views from BEx-Web, just like the
End User
• Power user can do more


Can actually change the original query view
Can delete the original query view
 The only way to delete a query view is through BEx-Analyzer
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Create Query View
• First and foremost, RUN
THE QUERY in Excel
• Click on Open and
select Queries
• Drill-down to a query
and double-click on it
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Create Query View
• Enter any restricted variables along with any other
variables
• Click on Execute
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Create Query View
• Make any changes you want
to make

Examples
 Right-click on
characteristic to select
filter value
 Drill-down
 Change properties
• Click on Save and select Save
view global
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Create Query View
• Enter a title for your query view
• Using the Query View Naming Standards, Enter a name
for your query view

UserID: Name of Query
Remember: Query View Technical Names have the
following format: ZuserID_nnnn
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Create Query View
• Click on OK
• If technical name already exists, a system message will
display

If you are not positive that you typed in the technical
name correctly DO NOT PRESS YES!!!!!!!!
 Change the name, if needed, to save
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Run Query View
• Click on Open and select
Saved Views
• Turn on Technical Names
• Query views under listed
under query

Same listings as seen on SAP
BEx: Open Query window
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Run Query View
• Find view and double-click
on it to run

Can do a find if part of the
description or technical
name is known
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Delete Query View
Power Users are responsible for deleting query views for end
users
• To delete a query view,
click on Open and select
Saved Views
• Turn on Technical Names
• Find the view

Caution! Be sure to
double-check the
Technical Name
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Delete Query View
• Triple-check the technical name and user ID to make sure
the correct one is selected!!!


May want to get the request in writing
Be sure that the person making the request has authorization to
request the deletion
• Notify the end user that the sequence number or technical
name can be reused
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Delete Query View
• Delete the query view
by either:

Right-clicking on the
query view and
selecting Delete
OR

Highlight the query
view and click on the
Delete icon
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Delete Query View
• When the Delete system message displays, click on Yes
• Notify the end user that the sequence number or technical
name can be reused
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Summary
• Creating & Saving a Query View
• Run a Query View
• Change a Query View
• Delete a Query View
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Power User Help Websites
• myHelp website:


http://myHelp.uky.edu/rwd/HTML/BW.html
Contains Quick Reference Cards (QRCs), course manuals, BW
Frequently Asked Questions, and other job aids
• IRIS website


http://www.uky.edu/IRIS/BW/
Contains Documentation, Assistance & Support, and other
references
• For the list of current Power Users, go to:

http://www.uky.edu/IRIS/BW/documents/PowerUserList_003.pdf
• For questions or assistance contact:

[email protected]
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Course Summary
• Understand how to:
 Display a Query
 Create Using an Existing Query
 Save a Query
 Run Query
 Setting Properties
 Create Query
 Delete Query
 Create/Change/Delete Query View
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Course Assessment
• To complete the assessment
 Follow the instructions for creating a query
 When finished, notify the trainer
 Complete the course evaluation and leave it on the table
near the door
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